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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries. 2. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy. 3. If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later. 4. We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進」国に住む私たちの平均余命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たされないものにし、人間を侮辱にさらしました

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly increased the life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed" countries, but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and exposed human beings to humiliation.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。彼らは「先進国」に住む私たちの平均余命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を屈辱にさらしました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly increased the life expectancy of those of us who live in the "developed world," but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They greatly extended the average life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly extended the average life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They greatly extended the average life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました。

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly extended the life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly extended the average life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.

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産業社会とその未来 はじめに 1. 産業革命とその結果は、人類にとって災難でした。それらは、「先進国」に住む私たちの平均寿命を大幅に延ばしましたが、社会を不安定にし、人生を満たさないものにし、人間を辱めました.

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Industrial Society and Its Future Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences were a disaster for mankind. They have greatly extended the average life expectancy of those of us who live in "developed countries," but they have also destabilized society, made life unfulfilling, and humiliated human beings.